Today, AP began conducting a week-long training on climate and environment storytelling for 16 journalists from Latin America during the Skoll World Forum in Oxford, England.

During a panel at the ACES: The Society for Editing national conference in San Diego on Friday, AP Stylebook Editor Paula Froke announced that Merriam-Webster is now the Stylebook’s official dictionary, among other updates.

In a memo to staff on Thursday, Vice President and Head of Global News Gathering Paul Haven announced that Victoria Eastwood will join AP as the new Middle East news director, based in Cairo:

In a memo to staff on Tuesday, Washington Bureau Chief Anna Johnson and Deputy Washington Bureau Chief Michael Tackett announced that Courtney Bonnell will join AP’s team in Washington as the new national security and foreign policy editor.

This Sunshine Week, a joint reporting project from AP and CNHI News finds a prohibitive system behind public record requests.